On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Steven Ryerse <srye...@eclipse-networks.com> wrote: > The day is coming where IPv4 will become a whole lot more scarce as ARIN's > supply decreases. The needs based policies will need to be constantly > tightened "to keep from running out".
Why should they need to be tightened? ARIN will run out (well, there may be the critical infrastructure pool remaining). I believe everyone expects ARIN to run out(*). Some are hoping it will result in an accelerated move to IPv6. Some are hoping to profit on transffering numbers. Some are desperately trying to understand how to make business plans for the run-out. Some have no idea it will happen, so will be surprised. For some, it just will not matter (they have what they are likely to ever need). And some are probably hoping to retire before it happens. In any case, when the numbers run out, they are out. There is likely to be a low amount of churn as companies change plans (or go out of business) and a few numbers become available and are reallocated to people waiting, but there will come a day when there is no more. So be it. Gary (*) For some values of "run out". _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.